Abkhazia

Georgia: UN envoy stresses need for talks on Abkhazia's status

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Georgia today stressed the need for talks aimed at determining the future status of Abkhazia within that country.

Latest events threaten peace process in Georgia, Secretary-General says

The latest events in Georgia - including the downing earlier this month of a helicopter with the United Nations observer mission - show that unless meaningful negotiations on the future political status of Abkhazia are restarted, the entire peace process can be jeopardized, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report.